Cash-register.



No. 764,425. 7 PATENTED JULY 5, L904 E. H. CHAPMAN CASH REGISTER.

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PATENT I OFFICE.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,425, dated July 5, 1904.

Application filed January 2, 1904.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR H. CHAPMAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Port Chester, in the county of VVestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cash-Register, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cash-registers of a type in which checks are deposited to visibly indicate the purchase price of goods, the parts being so constructed that a plurality of deposited checks may be at all times in View; and an object of the invention is to provide a cash-register of very simple and inexpensive construction.

I will describe a'cash-register embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference inclicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front view of a cash-register embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section thereof on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan view with the top of the casing removed. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a section on theline66of Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 3.

The cash-register comprises a casing 10, having in its lower portion a cash-drawer 11, which is forced partly outward when released, as will be hereinafter described, by means of a spring 12. In the front of the casing is a downwardly-inclined chute 13 for disk-like checks 1&, provided with numerals indicating the purchase price. The front wall of the chute is formed of glass, as indicated at 15, and the lower end of the chute has an opening 16, through which the checks may discharge into the casing. As here shown, the checks discharge into a runway, comprising side walls 17 secured to the bottom 18 of the casing and arranged in the arc of a circle, so

'as to provide a considerable length or space for checks. Movable in the runway is a block 19 for holding the checks in vertical position, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 7.

Pivoted to the inner side of the front wall Serial No. 187,444. (No model.)

of the casing is a deposit-lever 22. This lever extends through an opening in the top of the casing and is provided with a recess 23 for receiving the checks, and arranged within the chute is a check-discharging device, consisting of a wedge-shaped block 24:, and the lever is provided with an opening 25, designed to pass over the discharging device when the lever is moved downward. The weighted end 26 of the lever 22 normally holds the lever with its outer end in its uppermost position. The front wall of the drawer 11 at its inner side is provided with a hook or keeper 27 designed to be engaged by a bolt 28, which has a lost-motion connection with the lever 22. As here shown, a pin or bolt 29 on the lever passes into the arc slot 30, formed in the bolt. By this construction the drawer will not be released to move outward until the lever is moved to its extreme downward position to discharge a check into the chute.

Extended across the interior of the casing near the front wall is a shaft 31, havinga lantern-wheel 32, which has four rods designed to be engaged each by a pawl 33, depending from the lever 22. By employing four rods in the lantern-wheel it is obvious that upon each downward movement of the lever 22 quarter-rotations will be imparted to the shaft 31, and this shaft 31 at its end below the opening 16 is provided with four depressions or recesses 34:, in which the lower portions of the checks engage.

In the operation on placing a check in the recess 23 the lever is to be moved downward, and then the inclined ejector 24 will force the check out of said depression into the chute. As before stated, this downward movement of the lever will rotate the shaft 31, discharging the lowermost check resting thereon into the runway, the checks previously deposited being moved backward by the shaft engaging with the foremost one. After the discharge of a check from the recess 23 the bolt 28 will be moved upward out of engagement with the keeper 27, thus releasing the drawer, so that its spring 12 may force it partly outward.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A cash-register, comprising a casing, an

inclined chute extended along the front wall thereof and adapted to contain a plurality of checks, the said chute opening at the lower end into the casing, and a rotary part for re- 5 ceiving checks from the chute and depositing the same into the casing.

2. A cash-register comprising a casing, a drawer arranged in the casing, a downwardlyinclined chute in the casing, a locking device I for the drawer, a lever operating to deposit a 3. A cash-register comprising a casing, an inclined chute in the front portion of said casing and having a transparent front wall, the said chute communicating at its lower end with 2 the interior of the casing, a rotary shaft having depressions to receive checks, and a lever operating to deposit a check in the chute and alsooperating to rotate said shaft.

4. A cash-register comprising a casing hav- 5 ing a downwardly-inclined chute provided with a glass front and opening at its lower end into the casing, a swinging lever having a recess to receive a check, and an ejector in the chute for forcing a check out of said recess 3 and into the chute.

5. A cash-register comprising a casing, a downwardly-inclined chute arranged in the forward wall thereof and opening at its lower end into the casing, a runway arranged in the casing for receiving checks from said opening,

a block movable in said runway, and means for depositing checks into the chute.

6. A cash-register comprising a casing, a drawer in the lower portion thereof, a spring for moving said drawer outward, a lockingbolt for the drawer, a downwardly-inclined chute in the casing, a check-depositing lever arranged to swing into the chute, and a lostmotion connection between said lever and said drawer-locking bolt.

7. A cash-register comprising a casing, a downwardly-inclined chute arranged in the front wall thereof and opening at its lower end into the casing. a lever having a recess to receive a check, the said lever being movable into the chute, a shaft having depressions in its end adjacent to the outlet of the chute, a wheel on said shaft, and a pawl carried by the lever and engaging with said wheel.

8. A cash-register comprising a casing, a chute arranged at a downward incline in the front wall thereof'and having an opening at one end providing communication between said chute and the interior of the casing, means for depositing checks in said chute, and a rotary shaft fordischarging checks one at a time from said chute.

In testimony whereof-I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDGAR H. CHAPMAN.

Witnesses:

DEREMUS M. REMSEN, WM. 0. REMsEN. 

